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GV II
Road sign. 1907-11. Cast-iron, 'T'-post with top red triangle bearing the letters SAC, for Somerset Automobile Club, on
bottom member, and on the main plate is cast "Winsham/please/drive/slowly" on front, and 'Thank you' on reverse,
together with the casting signature of W and F Wills, Engineers, Bridgwater. One of 36 privately financed signs
accepted by Somerset County Council in 1907; two were ordered by Chard RDC in 1911 for this village, and both survive;
few others remain. (Bentley J.B and Murless B,J, Somerset Roads, SIAS, l985).

Listing NGR: ST3736406432

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